JNU Anant JNU Katha Ananta (Hindi Edition)

A delightful and much needed book in today’s environment of deliberate, false and negative propaganda against JNU. The author takes us onto a journey through JNU and through personal accounts acquaints the reader with the ‘real’ JNU, as opposed to the ‘anti-national’ JNU depicted in the media.You get to hear about the history of JNU and its evolution through the years through a very engaging narrative. Being a JNU alumni myself I was very excited to see that even though I had separated from JNU nearly 30 years ago, the character of JNU has not changed.As the author describes, the very reason for establishment of JNU was a need to have an academic environment where humanities students could excel. Subjects such as international studies, sociology and international politics can only be studied through healthy discourse. And that discourse may challenge traditional views or criticize the government policies. But is it not through debate that we learn to be better and should that not be the aim of every educational institution? To encourage us to strive to make this world a better place? JNU is unique in that it provides that environment. The environment for free-thought, where you can be yourself without any judgement from others. In majority of Indian Universities, students of humanities simply memorize the textbooks and there is not much room for original thought, but not in JNU. The author gives several examples to prove that this is the reason graduates of JNU go on to do well in life. As the author explains so well, most universities award a degree but JNU makes you a human.The book is sprinkled with small thoughtful poems which add to its beauty, such as “Kya hai JNU” on page 97 and “615 number ki bus” which took me down the memory lane.Finally, just want to give a shout out to the title of the book, which is an apt metaphor to Tulsidas’s chaupai (Hari Anant Hari Katha Ananta), meaning that God is infinite and one can never completely understand him. Well, JNU is … JNU. You will never get it until you live there. Thank you so much Jey Sushil for sharing this book with us. Looking forward to your next book.P.S. I am sorry that this review is in English, I am a little out of practice after being away from Hindi for 30 years. Reading this book in Hindi just added to its charm.

The media could not be loaded. Many anecdotes. . Good book. It was fun reading. Pura nahi padhe h abhi tak hum. Jab padh lenge tab detail review denge

आज किताब पढ़कर पूरी हुई । पढ़ने में मज़ा आया। सबसे अच्छी बात ये है कि लेखन बहुत सहज, सरल और बिलकुल सही मात्रा में है ! अर्थात् कोई भी टॉपिक ज़रूरत से अधिक नही लिखा गया है, इससे पाठक की रुचि बनी रहती है।बहुत अच्छे से अवगत कराया है जेएनयू से, इसे न जानने वालो को !पुस्तकों के परे जो सोचते हैं, प्रश्न करते है, समाज को देखते है, सवाल उठाते हैं, बदलाव लाना चाहते है , उन्हें तो यहाँ होना ही चाहिए । आपको इस प्रकार के नज़रिए के लिए मानो सिर्फ़ मान्यता ही नही मिलती है अपितु सराहा जाता है, प्रोत्साहित किया जाता है , मार्गदर्शन मिलता है।पुस्तक पढ़ते हुए, होंठों पर मुस्कान भी आती है जब आप “तुम कब गिरे?” वाला पैरा पढ़ते हो। और चाय का “मग्गा“( यह पुराना परिचित शब्द पढ़कर मज़ा आया 😃 )रिसर्च आधारित यूनिवर्सिटी में प्रोफ़ेसर और विद्यार्थियों के बीच एक वार्तालाप आधारित रिश्ता देखकर आप भी वहाँ होना चाहते हो, बहुत कुछ है परंतु बेहतर है लोग स्वयं पढ़े।हाँ, चित्रांकन के लिए कलाकार मी जे को भी बधाई, जो लेखक की पत्नी है। रेखांकन प्रतीकात्मक के रूप में होते हुए भी इतना सटीक है, जैसे यदि आठ मंज़िला लायब्रेरी का ज़िक्र है तो वाक़ई में आठ मंज़िल का रेखांकन है।और अंत में चाय !“इस किताब में चाय का ज़िक्र बहुत है ….” ऐसा मैंने सोचा ही था कि अगले पन्ने पर शीर्षक भी वही नज़र आ गया !इसे पढ़ते हुएचाय अनंत, चाय कप अनंता !बधाई सुशील जी (Jey Sushil )Wishing you many more books !

Very good informative book

Yah students ke alawaJo acchi University nahi ja paye un ke liye alag hi anubhau hai

पढ़ कर बहुत ही अच्छा लगा बस यही महसूश हुवा की हम वहा क्यों नहीं पढ़े।